Can Dental Pulling Help You Lose Weight?
You may wonder if something as simple as oil pulling can help in losing weight. This is where we can talk about the mouth-body connection. We often talk about oral health’s importance for overall health.
In this article, we will talk about the use specific area of the mouth from the perspective of ‘use it or lose it’ principle.And this rule is quite truer for the human body. The reason is that a human body is quite efficient in regulating nutrients. If you are not using a part of the body up to its potential, the body will regulate nutrients to some other parts where there is a requirement. And there is a chance that you might find it quite difficult to use that unused body part again after a long time.
Now, let’s talk about thyroid in this scenario. It would be worth mentioning here that the connection between thyroid and overall health is quite an active subject.
Thyroid is basically a part of endocrine system and it is located in the throat. It can literally be termed as the body’s thermostat. Thyroid functions are pretty much related to the metabolism of the body. And it turns out that many of us deal with the sluggish metabolism due to the lack of thyroid functionality.
Oil pulling for thyroid massage
It’s quite interesting to note that oil pulling can actually massage the thyroid gland. This massage can stimulate thyroid to make is capable of assisting in the metabolism of the body.You can think of the oil pulling as a fitness workout for thyroid. The oil pulling massages the gland to wake it up.
Waking up the vagus nerve
More people now talk about vagus nerve. It is due to the major realization about the communication between brain and other body systems. The holistic health is based on the gut-brain axis and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis. Vagus nerve turns out to be the major player in the system. This nerve connects brain to almost all of the systems of the body. More importantly, this nerve connects brain with the ‘gut brain’.
Poor communication is the real culprit
You may be able to recall the conversation through a spotty phone call. It would be quite difficult for you to hear all of the words properly. This conversation of missed words is surely going to be frustrating for you.
This example of conversation through a spotty phone call can be used for the explanation of dulled body systems. This dullness is commonly because of the inflammation due to stress. And this inflammation can cause gut-brain axis and communication through the vagus nerve to become compromised.
This dullness of systems can result in certain factors which are not too good for health. For instance, if your brain is not getting signals from the stomach, you will feel the urgency to stop eating when you are full because your brain will not tell you to do so.
Stimulating vagus nerve
There are various ways you can stimulate the vagus nerve. It would be worth mentioning here that massaging thyroid is the most effective way to wake up the vagus nerve. And for this purpose, you can gag yourself while brushing your tongue. Oil pulling is also a way to stimulate this nerve but make no mistake. People have been too positive about oil pulling being effective for stimulation of vagus nerve. However, doing it properly and on daily basis can surely provide you significant benefits.
